AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs AMD A10-7890K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and AMD A10-7890K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 4
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
• 9x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2325 vs 1566
• 8.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 29949 vs 3522

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7890K

• Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
• Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 68°C
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
CPU 2: AMD A10-7890K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2325 1566
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	29949 3522

Compare specifications (specs)